Ferguson v. Truax
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Douglas county: Ohaeles Smith, Judge. This action was commenced June 9, 1904, to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff December 2, 1903, while riding in the defendant’s elevator. At the time of the injury the plaintiff was thirteen years and nine months of age.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Douglas county: Ohaeles Smith, Judge. This action was commenced June 9, 1904, to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff December 2, 1903, while riding in the defendant’s elevator. At the time of the injury the plaintiff was thirteen years and nine months of age. The grounds upon which the plaintiff seeks to recover, as alleged in the complaint, are to the effect (1) that the sheave timbers placed at the top of the shaft to support the sheave wheel, over which the wire cable ran, raising and lowering the elevator, were too low, and that they…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 29, 1907:
Cassoday, O. J.
1. Numerous errors are assigned. Several of them turn upon the question whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the findings of the jury. It is conceded in the brief of counsel for the defendant that the building in question consists of four stories and a basement. At the time of the accident the first floor was rented for storerooms, the second and third floors for offices, and the fourth floor for a business college. The elevator was put in the building in 1896. At the time of the accident and for several months prior to…
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